Indonesia: PLN to enter internet business amid slowing sales

Indonesia: PLN to enter internet business amid slowing sales

State electricity firm PLN plans to penetrate into the internet business by
installing "smart meter boxes" in the houses of its 65.9 million customers
nationwide amid declining growth in its electricity sales.

PLN has found it difficult to monitor the quality of its electricity supply
amid mounting reports from customers that have experienced sporadic outages
and under-voltage supply. Therefore, it plans to replace all conventional
electricity meter boxes currently installed in the houses of its customers
with new automated ones by 2019.

The new boxes will be able to collect data, including the volume and voltage
of the electricity used by each customer, so that PLN can monitor the
quality of its electricity supply on a daily basis.

"After the new meter boxes are installed, we plan to offer new internet
services using our electricity networks to 40-60 percent of our total
customers. We can also be an internet provider through the presence of these
'smart meter boxes'," PLN marketing division head Benny Marbun said.

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/07/30/pln-to-enter-internet-business
-amid-slowing-sales.html

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com